JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH - COMPLETE SACRED CANTATAS - 50 x CD BOXSET

Description: Upon popular demand available again:Bach's complete Sacred Cantatas,newly compiled,on 50 CD's,an unbelievable bargain.These recordings,produced for the Bach year 2000,feature a superb boys choir,the Holland Boys Choir,a tradition going back to the time of the composer.The Netherlands Bach Collegium consists of Dutch early music specialists playing period instruments.Conductor Pieter Jan Leusink puts his entire soul in these recordings of what one might call the greatest and most humanly moving corpus of sacred music ever written.Reviewers around the world praised the set for its characteristic performances,marked by a great sense of authenticity,especially from the use of boy sopranos.It sounds very much like it might have sounded in Bach's time(Gramophone).Written to exalt the glory of God and to facilitate Lutheran worship, Johann Sebastian Bach's sacred cantatas stand among the highest achievements of Western musical art.This acclaimed recording sees the works performed in their entirety by a stellar line up of musicians that includes the renowned Holland Boys Choir and period instrument ensemble Netherlands Bach Collegium.The cantatas are directed by Pieter van Leusink, one of Holland's leading Bach experts.From the plaintive opening of Weinen,Kleinen,Sorgen,Sagen(Weeping,lamenting,worrying,fearing)WV12 to the triumphant D major chorus in Man singet mit Freuden vom Sieg BWV149,the works traverse a wide range of themes and moods,having been written for a variety of occasions throughout the liturgical year. CD's are brand new and unplayed! No marks / scratches to the discs! Box shows some signs of wear from storage please see photos (actual item in photos is what will be sent)

Price: 44.99 GBP

Location: Basingstoke

End Time: 2025-01-06T14:05:14.000Z

Shipping Cost: 23.76 GBP